With the Oscar nominations due to arrive next week, BAFTA have contributed their own set of diverse nods ahead of the conclusion to another frenetic awards season.

Leading the pack this year is the sci-fi epic Dune with a hefty eleven mentions, including Best Film and Best Adapted Screenplay.

However, Denis Villenueve was surprisingly overlooked in the juried Best Director category that includes bold nominees like Audrey Diwan (Happening), Julia Ducournau (Titane) and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car).

The western drama The Power of the Dog continued its impressive showing throughout this season with eight nods including Best Film and Best Director for Jane Campion. Once again, leading man Benedict Cumberbatch contests Best Actor with co-stars Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee both shortlisted for Best Supporting Actor.

The rest of the Best Film category is completed by the family drama Belfast, the political satire Don’t Look Up and the indie-comedy Licorice Pizza.

Elsewhere, the James Bond blockbuster No Time to Die is in contention for five BAFTAs including Best British Film where it faces stern competition from the likes of After Love, Belfast, Boiling Point, House of Gucci and Passing.

In the acting categories, Benedict Cumberbatch competes in Best Actor alongside Hollywood heavyweights Will Smith (King Richard) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Don’t Look Up) plus fellow Brits Adeel Ahktar (Ali & Ava) and Stephen Graham (Boiling Point).

Meanwhile, the Best Actress line-up saw several notable snubs including Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter), Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) and Kristen Stewart (Spencer). However, this bodes well for Lady Gaga as she landed a nod for her performance in the factual drama House of Gucci. Her competition includes fellow American stars Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza) and Tessa Thompson (Passing) plus British duo Emilia Jones (CODA) and Joanna Scanlan (After Love).

Ariana DeBose is in contention for both the EE Rising Star award AND a Best Supporting Actress nod for her portrayal of Anita in West Side Story. Other notable acting nominees include Belfast duo Ciarán Hinds and Caitríona Balfe plus Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter), Ann Dowd (Mass), Troy Kotsur (CODA) and Ruth Negga (Passing).

Elsewhere, Best Animated Film features versatile competition including the documentary Flee and Disney duo Encanto and Luca.

However, there were other key omissions made by BAFTA in the acting department, including Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…Boom!), Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth), Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza), Jared Leto (House of Gucci) and Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog). The Last Duel, Spencer, Tick, Tick…Boom! and all the Marvel blockbusters of 2021 also failed to land a nomination.

As revealed earlier this week, the EE Rising Star award will be contested by the likes of No Time to Die star Lashana Lynch and The King’s Man’s Harris Dickinson.

Australian actress Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect trilogy) will host the EE BAFTAs which will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday 13th March.

The full list of BAFTA nominations are below (winner predictions in blue):

BEST FILM
BELFAST
DON’T LOOK UP
DUNE
LICORICE PIZZA
THE POWER OF THE DOG

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
AFTER LOVE
ALI & AVA
BELFAST
BOILING POINT
CYRANO
EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
HOUSE OF GUCCI
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NO TIME TO DIE
PASSING

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORIZE PIZZA
Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Audrey Diwan, HAPPENING
Julia Ducournau, TITANE
Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, DRIVE MY CAR
Aleem Khan, AFTER LOVE

BEST ACTOR
Adeel Ahktar, ALI & AVA
Mahershala Ali, SWAN SONG
Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Leonardo DiCaprio, DON’T LOOK UP
Stephen Graham, BOILING POINT
Will Smith, KING RICHARD

BEST ACTRESS
Lady Gaga, HOUSE OF GUCCI
Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA
Emilia Jones, CODA
Joanna Scanlan, AFTER LOVE
Renate Reinsve, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Tessa Thompson, PASSING

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mike Faist, WEST SIDE STORY
Ciarán Hinds, BELFAST
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Woody Norman, C’MON C’MON
Jesse Plemons, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitríona Balfe, BELFAST
Jessie Buckley, THE LOST DAUGHTER
Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY
Anna Dowd, MASS
Aunjuanue Ellis, KING RICHARD
Ruth Negga, PASSING

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODA (Siân Heder)
DRIVE MY CAR (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)
DUNE (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villenueve)
THE LOST DAUGHTER (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Jane Campion)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
BEING THE RICARDOS (Aaron Sorkin)
BELFAST (Kenneth Branagh)
DON’T LOOK UP (Adam McKay)
KING RICHARD (Zach Baylin)
LICORICE PIZZA (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST CASTING
BOILING POINT
DUNE
THE HAND OF GOD
KING RICHARD
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST EDITING
BELFAST
DUNE
LICORICE PIZZA
NO TIME TO DIE
SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
DUNE
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
NO TIME TO DIE
THE POWER OF THE DOG
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
CYRANO
DUNE
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
NIGHTMARE ALLEY

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
CRUELLA
CYRANO
DUNE
THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
HOUSE OF GUCCI

BEST SOUND
DUNE
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
NO TIME TO DIE
A QUIET PLACE: PART II
WEST SIDE STORY

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
DUNE
FREE GUY
GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
NO TIME TO DIE

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
BEING THE RICARDOS (Daniel Pemberton)
DON’T LOOK UP (Nicholas Britell)
DUNE (Hans Zimmer)
THE FRENCH DISPATCH (Alexandre Desplat)
THE POWER OF THE DOG (Jonny Greenwood)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
ENCANTO
FLEE
LUCA
THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES

BEST FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
DRIVE MY CAR (JAPAN)
THE HAND OF GOD (ITALY)
PARALLEL MOTHERS (SPAIN)
PETITE MAMAN (FRANCE)
THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (NORWAY)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
BECOMING COUSTEAU
COW
FLEE
THE RESCUE
SUMMER OF SOUL (OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
THE BLACK COP
FEMME
THE PALACE
STUFFED
THREE MEETINGS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITTEE

BEST BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION
AFFAIRS OF THE ART
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
AFTER LOVE, Aleem Khan 
BOILING POINT, James Cummings & Hester Ruoff 
THE HARDER THEY FALL, Jeymes Samuel 
KEYBOARD FANTASIES, Posy Dixon & Liv Proctor 
PASSING, Rebecca Hall

RISING STAR AWARD
Ariana DeBose
Harris Dickinson
Lashana Lynch
Millicent Simmonds
Kodi Smit-McPhee